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April 2017
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(Examining Current Events in the Light of Bible Prophecy)
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The Resurrection of Messiah: Why the Third Day?
“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.“
The Bible is intricately woven together. The facets of biblical truth are like the multitude of cuts on a brilliant diamond. They must be studied very closely under great light to appreciate the work of the master that created them. It is very difficult for the finite human mind to grasp the fascinating features of God’s eternal purposes which are found on every page of His eternal Word — the Bible. I have experienced great joy in spending much of my life pouring over these profound truths.
It is both humbling and gratifying to recognize that before the foundation of the world, God determined His eternal plan “according to the good pleasure of his will.” (Ephesians 1:5) He has given to us His written revelation to make “known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself: That in the dispensation [management] of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him.” (Ephesians 1:9-10)
The central message of the Bible is not about redemption, but the Redeemer, Jesus the Messiah. It is not about the creation, but the Creator, Jesus the Messiah. The central theme of the Bible is riveted upon God and His Son, bound up in His eternal purposes before the foundation of the world. From the moment Jesus spoke the physical world into existence until the implosion of those atoms at the end of this age (2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 20:11), the work of Christ has been divinely ordained and coordinated within the sovereign control of the triune God of heaven and earth. Nothing has been left to chance. Central to all of this is Jesus Christ, “the lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” (Revelation 13:8)
I have been continually wowed by the reality of God’s eternal plans for His Son. Not only do these plans cover all of the meticulous details of what Messiah would accomplish and where He would achieve them, but even the precise time of His endeavors. This is the very stuff that Biblical prophecy focuses upon. This is just the first page, download the .pdf file 
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